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Hi, I was misdiagnosed bipolar

Anthropos

I've had a living hell for over 20 years being misdiagnosed bipolar when I was a kid and just recently recognised by my therapist, GP and a consultant that I'm autistic and adhd.

There's no diagnosis yet, the aforementioned say Scottish health is one of the worst in the world right now. 

I've been putting in the heavy lifting of getting off multiple medications for misdiagnosis, there's one left that I'm working off of. I've been given at least 20 combinations of bipolar medications being told for over twenty years I need to keep trying them to find the one that works for me. 

It made life feel extra intolerable as an autistic person. So I'm on a journey now of trying to stay positive with the right information and embrace a diagnosis that actually fits.

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  • in reply to Stuart333

    Great, thanks. I'm not secretive in anything, for better or worse (an autism trait?), so 3 doesn't apply but I can certainly foresee needing to take more consideration with 1 and 2 

  • in reply to Anthropos

    I believe the thinking is threefold:

    1. It's a private medical diagnosis, so people may not want the world to know. You may want to consider who you tell, when and how, not have something searchable on the internet.
    2. Technically it's a disability, so as a vulnerable person you may want to be protected
    3. You may want to say things that are personal that you might not want everyone to know. You can speak more freely and exchange more information this way without NTs knowing it was you.